Morning Jolt: 3-year-old kicked off plane

Thursday

May 31, 2012 at 12:01 AMMay 31, 2012 at 3:34 AM

A 3-year-old boy who was being “cranky” and refused to put his seatbelt on was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle before it took off. The father said they got the boy to calm down, but the pilot had begun to head back to the gate, and so the boy was kicked off.

In the news: A 3-year-old boy who was being “cranky” and refused to put his seatbelt on was kicked off an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle before it took off. The father said they got the boy to calm down, but the pilot had begun to head back to the gate, and so the boy was kicked off.

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